So, even though we are intelligent, our old brain is still here. It is still operating under the rules laid down by hundreds of millions of years of survival. We still fight for territory, we still fight for mating rights, and we still cheat, rape, and trick our fellow humans. Not everyone does these things, and we teach our children the behaviors we want them to exhibit, but a quick look at any day’s news will confirm that, as a species, across cultures and in every community, we haven’t yet been able to free ourselves from these less desirable primitive behaviors. Again, when I refer to a
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